Balanda (Russian: Баланда) is a river in Volgograd and Saratov Oblasts in Russia, a right tributary of the Medveditsa. It is 164 kilometres long, with a drainage basin of 1,900 square kilometres.
The river has its sources on the Volga Uplands in Saratov oblast, and flows in a southwesterly direction to its confluence with the Medveditsa in Volgograd Oblast. Most of the Balandas waters is from snow melting on the Volga Uplands.
The town of Kalininsk is situated by the Balanda.
